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List of Sidney Hook Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 31 inspiring quotes by Sidney Hook.

About Sidney Hook

  • Born: December 20, 1902
  • Died: July 12, 1989
  • Occupation: Philosopher
    • Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. it is intelligent conduct of human affairs.
    Wisdom Intelligent Judgment
    Russell's prose has been compared by t.s. eliot to that of david hume's. i would rank it higher, for it had more color, juice, and humor. but to be lucid, exciting and profound in the main body of one's work is a combination of virtues given to few philosophers. bertrand russell has achieved immortality by his philosophical writings.
    Philosophical Writing Color
    If one shoots at a king, one must not miss.
    Kings Missing Tyranny
    Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry.
    Religious Atheism Inquiry
    Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.
    Betrayal Cost Hook
    To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe.
    Believe Atheism Deny
    Noam chomsky skittles and skithers all over the political landscape to distract the reader’s attention from the plain truth.
    Political Attention Landscape
    Everyone recognizes a distinction between knowledge and wisdom. . . wisdom is a kind of knowledge. it is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. since these cannot be separated from the human organism and the social scene, the moral ways of man cannot be understood without knowledge of the ways of things and institutions.
    Men Careers Way
    Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
    Teacher Fate Hook
    Life has meaning for anyone who takes an interest in it.
    Interest
    A liberal education will impart an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. since those relationships are violated more often out of insensitiveness than out of deliberate intent, whatever increases sensitiveness of perception and understanding humanizes life.
    Understanding Perception Awareness
    Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.
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